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WinCVS vs. CS-CVS

There are a few tools you may use as a CVS client for Windows. The most notable is WinCVS. The tables below demonstrates the benefits of choosing the CS-CVS solution.

Feature	WinCVS	CS-CVS
Version Control
File Level Commands
Project-level commands	limited
Text files support
Binary files support
Reusable files
Reusable projects (components)
Branching and merging, including visual conflict resolving	limited

Visual difference analysis
Text files	Add On
MS-Word files
MS-Excel files		Add On
HTML files		Add On
XML files		Add On
General binary files		Add On
Accept/Reject work-file changes
Visual file-merge tool	Add On

Milestones
Define by time and date
Define by symbolic name (tag)
Milestone retrieval
Milestone reports
Milestone-to-milestone change analysis
Milestone-to-date change analysis

Workgroup Features
Local work folders (“sandbox”)
Work folders synchronization to the repository
Concurrent changes (CVS) mode
Visual conflict resolving during work file merging
Reserved check-outs (locks) for binary files	limited
Project-level exclusive locks mode
Reference (“shadow”) folders
Optional linking of archived files to reference folder
Email notification for user defined actions	limited
Logging of user defined events	limited	*

Security
System-level security
Definition of user groups
Assign allowed operations to security groups
Project-level security

Activation methods
Windows Explorer	Add-on
System Document Explorer
Per-project Document Explorer
Document Administrator tool
File Revision Manager tool
Command-line
Proprietary ActiveX API
Development tools integration (using the MS-SCC API)	Add-on
Additional development tools integration	limited
Web browser	Add-on	Add-on

MS-Office Integration
Activation of CVS commands within MS-Word & Excel
Visual difference analysis on MS-Word Documents
Visual difference analysis on MS-Excel Documents		Add-on
Tagging of revision information in document properties
Printout of revision information in document title
Locate documents by title, check-in comments or text within document body

Repository
Reverse-delta algorithm
Multiple repositories	limited
GNU RCS compatibility
GNU CVS compatibility
Documented database format
Exportable to other version-control solutions

Legacy archive import
MKS RCS	Add On	Add On
PVCS	Add On	Add On
Visual SourceSafe

Networking
LAN/WAN
Dial-in (terminal server)
Internet / VPN
FTP
Client/Server architecture
Web browser access	Add-on	Add-on

Locating documents
Search by document title
Search by revision description
Search by document body

Change Workflow
Per-project definition of change states		*
Change promotion / demotion		*
Change undo / redo		*
Developer task-list		*
Project administrator task-list		*

Reports
File level reports
Project level reports
Text reports
HTML reports
XML reports
Report column selection
Report filters
Hyperlink reports
Milestone-to-milestone change reports
Milestone-to-date change reports
Revision Annotated report		*
Change promotion level report

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Open-source developers license	Free	Free
Commercial license	Free	~$150 per user (Discounts given for sites over 20 users)
Comprehensive product documentation
Context-sensitive online help	limited
Unlimited email technical support
Ongoing maintenance and improvements	limited
Quick setup process
System-level configuration optionally shared by all users
Short learning curve for administrators and users
Intuitive daily operations for users	limited
Powerful operations for system and project administrators

Note: Features marked with '*' will be released by June 2005 and will be a free upgrade for all CS-CVS customers

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